This year’s meeting centers on three areas of community innovation: building AI solutions for data to enhance repository workflows, data quality, and AI-ready data; improving interoperability to enable richer linkage and reuse across datasets, domains, and platforms; and expanding support for sensitive and restricted data. Through presentations, discussions, and hands-on sessions, participants will share developments, challenges, and find collaborative opportunities that will shape the future of the Dataverse ecosystem.

Important: This conference is open to everyone—researchers, research engineers, data practitioners/curators, policymakers, Dataverse users and non-Dataverse users alike. Participation is not restricted to those who deposit or manage data in Dataverse. Anyone with an interest in the conference themes, or who contributes to related work, is encouraged to attend and relate their experience to the Dataverse ecosystem.

Important dates:

• The Call for Papers for the Dataverse Community Meeting 2026 has been extended to next Monday, 2nd February, 23:59 CET. Please note that the call will not be extended further, so don’t miss this opportunity!

• The conference registration will open on 2nd February as well. Early bird fees will apply until 28th February 23:59 CET, so be sure to register early to take advantage of the discount.

Preliminary program is published, focusing on relevant topics such as AI to improve data repositories, trusted environments for sensitive data, interoperability, open science and citizens science. Here is some information:

https://dcm2026.com/keynote-speakers/

https://dcm2026.com/conference-themes/

https://dcm2026.com/preliminary-programme/

Learn more & register here!

OpenAIRE's Presence:

• Thursday, 14 May | Parallel Session 1: 11:30–13:00 CEST
  Pedro Principe, Head of Division at University of Minho Documentation Services and OpenAIRE National Open Access Desk (NOAD) for Portugal, will present "Enhancing repositories with interconnected research intelligence".